Arranged by the World Psychiatric Association, the Cuban Psychiatry Society and the National Group of Child Psychiatry, Cuba will host on July 5 – 10 the 4th Pan-American Congress of Child and Youth Mental Health.
The important meeting will take place in the Havana Conference Palace, with the participation of noted personalities of international prestige, and will be also supported by the Cuban ministries of Public Health, Culture and Education, the National Council of Health Scientific Societies, the Pan-American Health Organization, the United Nations Children´s Fund, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Mexican Association of Child Psychiatry among others.
The congress has the propose of promoting the exchange of experiences to improve the promotion of mental health, as well as the prevention, attention and rehabilitation of children and adolescents with mental disorders, as well as reinforcing the links among Cuban and foreign experts.
The schedule includes topics like: Mental health in the Community;
School health; Taxonomy; Psychotherapy; Narrative techniques; Culture and Mental Health; Sport and Mental Health; Suicidal behaviour; Addictions; Biological psychiatry; Non-transmissible Chronic diseases; Natural and Traditional medicine; Children with special requirements; Migration; Psychopathology; Forensic psychiatry; Transcultural and Social Psychiatry; Training of human resources; Ethics and Psychiatry among others. Pre-congress courses and visits to institutions of the Cuban National Health System will also be included.
The organizing committee announces that April 15th, 2010 is the deadline for the reception of summaries.
